Boys' name · since 2020
Sylo
Sylo has 82 recorded births since 2020 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,761 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,515 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
82 babies have been named Sylo since 2020, making it today's #2515 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sylo has been recorded 82 times among boys since 2020, currently ranked #2515 nationally and more common than 82% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #18,761 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,515 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sylo ranks #18,761 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,515 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 82 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,761 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,515 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sylo's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Sylo compares
82 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sylo's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sylo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sylo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sylo splits its recorded history at 2024: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 54 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sylo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Sylo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Sylo's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sylo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (100% of all-time use).
Sylo by state
Where Sylo concentrates geographically, total births since 2020
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What to do with Sylo's data
- Texas records the most Sylos (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sylo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sylo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.